Pocket display folder



R. SIMON ET AL POCKET DISPLAY FOLDER Sept. 7, 1943.

Filed Sept. 8. 1941 2 Sheets-Shet 2 4 4 Tl/A/V/EL M 1 INVENTORS EAL P/lS/MO/V A IN ATT RNEY Patented Sept. 7, 19431 UNITED STATES rocxnrDISPLAY roman.

Ralph Simon, New York, and Nathaniel M. Lurrain, Jackson Heights, N.Y.;- said Lurrain assignor to said Simon Application September Claims.

The present invention relates to a folder and it particularly relates toa photographic folder for displaying and showing a plurality ofphotographs.

It is, among the objects of the present invention to provide a simple,inexpensive, readily handled and manipulated photographic folder fordisplaying a plurality of photographs. Another object is to provide aphotograph receiver and display device which may be compactly carriedand then readily opened and utilized for display purposes.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detaileddescription set forth below, it being understood, however, that thismore detailed description is given by way of i1- lustration andexplanation only, and not by wayv of limitation, since various changestherein may be made by those skilled in' the art without departing fromthe scope and spirit of the present' invention.

In accomplishing the above objects, it has been found most satisfactoryto form the photographic folder with a one-piece back which may have aplurality of folds therein, and which serve as the means of support forone or more intermediate pages which may be folded together.

Photographs or pictures may be attached either by adhesive connection orby frames or envelope mountings, so that when the folder is opened,these photographs may all be viewed substantially simultaneously.

In one form of construction, the elongated back may be constructed ofone piece of relatively stiff paper which may be provided with a centralfold line and on each side of the fold line there may be provided anindentation for receiving one or more leaflets or sheets, which togetherwith the inside faces of the folder, are designed to carry thephotographs or pictures to be displayed.

central fold line to form a compact collapsed folder which may bereadily carried in the pocket in a closed condition, and which may be'readily removed from the pocket and opened for display purposes.

The folder may also be provided with a plu- 8, 1941, Serial No. 410,053(Cl. 12920) rality of enclosures or envelopes formed of a transparentfilm material such as Pliofilm (a' rubber hydrochloride film),Cellophane (a regenerated cellulose film) or Vinylite (a synthetic 5resin film), thermo-plastic films, however, being generally preferred.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate one of the various possibleembodiments of the present invention, but to which the present inventionis by no means restricted, since the drawings are merely by way ofillustration and not by way of limitation,

Figs. 1 and 2 are front perspective views showing one form of thefolder, respectively, in a collapsed and open position,

, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 33 of Fig. 1, uponan enlarged scale as compared to Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view upon the line of 4-4 of Fig. 2upon an enlarged scale as compared to Fig. 2.

Figs. 5 and 6 show in front inside elevation, the blank for the folderback upon a relatively smaller'scale than Figs. 1 and 2, Fig. 5 showingthe blank in initial extended unfolded position, and Fig. 6 showing theblank in partly folded position, ready to receive the insertedpicturecarrying leaves,

, Fig. '7 is a fragmentary perspective view upon an enlarged scale ascompared to Fig. 5, showing the adhesive connection, I

Figs. 8 and 9 show an alternative construction,- Fig. 8 being a top edgeview of an alternative form of folder, and Fig. 9 being a frontperspective view. I

Fig. 10 is a front perspective view upon a. somewhat smaller scaleshowing an alternative form of folder with transparent envelopereceptacles, and

40 Fig. 11 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view upon the linell-ll of Fig. 10.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, the folder has a back A, leaves B, the backand leavescarrying the pictures or photographs C.

' As shown in Fig. 5, the blank isformed with two outside sections, l0,two intermediate sections II, a central fold line ii, the adhesiveconnections l3 and the side fold lines I4, Closely adjacent the foldlines M are the fold lines I5 and I6, which form the short folds orindentations, in which the leaves 3 are to be inserted.

The leaves B as shown in Fig. 2 'are'inserted and fastened between thesections l1 and I8 formed by the fold lines ll, 15 and I6, and are heldfirmly in position by an adhesive, eyelets,

or metal clips, an adhesive construction for example being indicated inI9 on Fig; 2, while a clip or eyelet attachment is indicated at 20inFig.4.

With the adhesive connection l3, there is provided an adhesive patch 2|covered by the removable tab 22, which upon removal permits the back ofthe picture to be applied to the adhesive patch 2| and to be permanentlymounted upon the particular sections In or II or on either side of theleaves B which is to receive the picture.

The members 20 diagrammatically indicated in Figs. 3 and 4 may have snapfastening connections as indicated at -23 vin Figs. 3 and 4 by which thefolder may be snapped or locked in a closed position as shown in Fig. 3.

' It will be noted that the folder in folded position as shown in Fig. 3is very compact and may be readily carried in ones pocket, while whenopen as in Figs. 2 and 4 readily permits display of at least eightpictures or photographs.

It is also noted that the construction is quite simple being formed of asingle blank A with two inserted leaflets B, as indicated in Figs. 5 and6.

Instead of the snap fasteners, it is also posleaves 31 which terminateat 38 and form inte-,

grai or one piece continuations of the leaves 85.

Each of the inside faces of this one piece folded construction, whichmaybe unfolded as indicated by the arrows 39, carries a pictureadhesively or otherwise connected to the face thereof as indicated at40, 4|, 42 and 43.

It will be noted that the folder of Fig. 8, although of one piececonstruction, both in respect to the back and interior leaves carriesthe same number of pictures on display as the embodiment of Figs, and11. In the latter, the leaflet has a central fold line 50 with theintermediate back sections 5i and the outside back sections 52. Theinterior leaves 53 consist of a folded sheet of Cellophane or Pliofllmor other thermoplastic transparent sheet material having a bond line at54. This transparent material has folded sections 55, thermoplasticallysealed at 58 and two pictures may be received through the top opening5'! in back-to-back relationship.

The transparent sections 58 and 59 may be formed in one piece with thedouble section 55 and adhesively connected to the backing 52 and ii bylines of thermoplastic sealing indicated at 60, 6|, 62 and 63.

Eight pictures then ,may be inserted, four in the openings, 65, at theends of the sections SI and 52 and four more back-to-back in the openings 51 at the tops of the sections 55.

Many other changes could be eifected in the particular features of thedisplay folder and in methods of usage set forth, and in specificdetails thereof, without substantially departing from the inventionintended to be defined in the claims; the specific description hereinmerely serving to illustrate certain elements by which, in oneembodiment, the spirit of the invention may be eflectuated.

What is claimed is:

1; A photographic display folder comprising a booklet formed of a backhaving a transverse median fold and further transverse folds dividingsaid back into sections of uniform width, leaves fixedly attached toportions spaced from said median fold and free to hinge inward from saidfurther transverse folds-each of the sections of the back and both facesof each of the leaves having means for mounting photographs.

2. The combination recited in claim 1 in which the edges of the leavesengage the respective further transverse folds and are adhesivelyconnected with respect thereto.

3. The combination recited in claim 1 in which the leaves compriseenvelopes of transparent material, each having a transparent extensionbeyond the hinge mount thereof, which is adhesively connected to theface of the corresponding back section.

4. The combination recited in claim 1 in which the leaves compriseenvelopes of transparent material each having a transparent extensionbeyond the hinge mount thereof, which extension is adhesively connectedat its upper and lower edges to the face of the corresponding endsection of the back to form with said back a further envelope.

5. The combination recited in claim 1 in which each section and leaf hasan adhesive photograph mounting patch covered by a removable tab.

RALPH SIMON. NA'I'HANIEL M. LURRAIN.

